So many business books and trends seem to have the following pattern.
1. Identify some newish area of scientific research
2. Oversimplify and dramatise it
3. Say how you can now make shedloads of money from it
Mark Earls actively patrols outbreaks of this pattern in relation to neuroscience. His latest post is well worth a read.
A funny game illustrates what we may be missing in many of our meetings
Managing anxiety is a familiar challenge for facilitators.
Managing in a world of uncertainty where people don’t live up to their stated values
I shot this in a single eight-minute take, which is in the spirit of an experience of Ralf Wetzel’s workshop, Leading from the Clown. Clown training is probably the deepest and most challenging work I’ve done. Enjoy.
A casual conversation in a pub makes me pay attention to thinking being embodied
Creating eye contact despite the limits of Zoom and Teams
The power of small gestures and noticing
Exploring the inner dialogue of facilitation
Getting away from grandiosity or solemnity. small p presence is about being open to the life around us
Facilitation is often about small, subtle acts of noticing and experimenting
How many schooldays are wasted? New Jersey teacher wonders about teachers “not having enough time”; asks how many days are wasted (via Karl Fisch (tags: time education) B School bloggers
James and I are nearing the end of our visit to New York exhausted but enthused. We’ve had some great meetings which have really fired our enthusiasm for our Open
I’ve long been fascinated by all the cognitive biases that undermine our self-image as rational creatures. So it’s no surprise that I’m enjoying Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking Fast and Slow. One
I thought Adam Bright’s article about improv – and what it demands of performers – was brilliant. As well as evoking what is so alluring about improv I think it
